Smart pods beauty care system

ABSTRACT

The present technology provides a beauty care system for manicure and pedicure products in individual use packaging. This system allows for a fresh set of products be used on each client, improving the efficacy and sanitation of the products being used. Further, the system allows for consumers to mix and match products and better estimate number of manicure and pedicure sessions that can be completed with remaining beauty care products.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional PatentApplication Ser. No. 62/743,671 filed on Oct. 10, 2018 and entitled“SMART PODS BEAUTY CARE SYSTEM,” the disclosures of each of which areincorporated herein in their entireties.

FIELD OF INVENTION

The present disclosure relates generally to a beauty product and morespecifically to a method, apparatus, and system for beauty care productsand services.

BACKGROUND

Beauty care products are often used in providing services, such asmanicure and pedicure services, at salons, spas, and other shops,facilities, or businesses. While there are many options for beauty careproducts available in the market for use in salons and businesses, thesebeauty care products are often sold separately and in bulk or multi-usepackaging.

This bulk or multi-use packaging may often be provided in largecontainers, e.g., five gallon containers. These larger containers may beunsightly, may take up limited space in a salon or spa, and may beunsuitable to provide display or point of sale advertisement of theservice provided.

The multi-use packaging may also affect how sanitary, effective, orpleasing to the senses the skin-care product may be. In bulk packaging,the beauty care product may become contaminated from repeated contactwith technicians or users as well as the exposure to the environment asa result of being opened many times. Unlike a single-use or smaller usepackage, a technician must access the contents of the multi-usepackaging multiple times throughout a day for as many times as theproducts may be used. As a result, beauty and skin-care products storedin multi-use packaging may suffer from a reduced shelf-life due torepeated exposure to the environment, such as air and moisture, eachtime a technician accesses the packaging's contents. Accordingly, thebeauty care product may also suffer from reduced quality and decreasedscent, becoming stale and/or less effective in their use from repeatedopening and/or leaving the packaging open. Further, double-dipping intothe containers introduces bacteria from other clients and/or thetechnicians, as well as water and other compositions being used in spaservices.

Salons may also incur additional costs as technicians often scoop fromthe bulk container into an intermediate bowl or tray which requires timefor washing and sanitizing after each client. This is time that couldotherwise be used for completing a client service.

The application of beauty and skin-care products from multi-usepackaging may also be imprecise, as there may not be a way to administera consistent application of product to each user. Each technician mayhave his or her own idea of how much beauty care product is appropriatefor an application for each given user. This may make it difficult for aservice provider to provide a standardized and consistent beauty caretreatment to its client.

Bulk or multi-service packaging may also make it more difficult for aservice provider to keep track of its inventory when it may not be surehow many servings may be found in the multi-use packaging. A serviceprovider may also have to make large initial investments in bulkmulti-use packaging of beauty and skin-care product, and thus, may alsobe hesitant to make similar investments to try new products and servicethat may also require upfront costs.

There exists an unfulfilled need for an improved beauty care treatmentthat allows delivery of a pre-measured amounts of beauty care productcontained in single-serve packaging and collected together as amulti-step treatment that may overcome these and other concerns.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In an embodiment, a beauty care system may comprise: secondary packagingincluding a lid and at least one outer surface defining opening; and atleast one primary packaging insert, wherein the at least one primarypackaging insert is positioned in the opening of the secondary packagingand includes a beauty product. The secondary packaging may furtherinclude a lid operatively positionable over the opening and thesecondary packaging may be recloseable. The secondary packaging may beat least partially transparent, fully transparent, partially opaque, orfully opaque.

In an embodiment, the primary packaging insert may include a bottomportion and a top portion. At least a portion of the primary packaginginsert may be formed of a polymer and/or at least a portion of theprimary packaging insert may be formed of a UV protective or lightresistant material. In an embodiment, the primary packaging insert mayinclude a single-use amount of the beauty product. The beauty productmay include one or more of a soak, scrub, exfoliator, chemical peel,lotion, essence, oil, toner, mask, or topical treatment.

In an embodiment, the beauty care system may include at least twoprimary packaging inserts. The at least two primary packaging insertsincludes the same beauty product or the at least two primary packaginginserts may include different beauty products. In an example, the atleast two primary packaging inserts may include a multi-step system ofbeauty products.

In an embodiment, the beauty care system or the secondary packaging maybe stackable. The beauty care system may further comprise comprisingtertiary packaging that houses at least one secondary packaging. In anexample, the tertiary packaging may house a plurality of secondarypackaging for shipment in bulk.

In an embodiment, a single-use beauty care system may comprise a firstenclosure comprising at least one wall and a lid, wherein the firstenclosure configured to receive plurality of inserts and, wherein theplurality of inserts include a single-use beauty product. The firstenclosure may be operatively openable to access to the plurality ofinserts. In an embodiment, at least a portion of the insert may beformed of a polymer and/or at least a portion of the insert may beinsert formed of a UV protective or light resistant material. The beautyproduct may include one or more of a soak, scrub, exfoliator, chemicalpeel, lotion, essence, oil, toner, mask, or topical treatment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a furtherunderstanding of the disclosure, are incorporated in and constitute apart of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the disclosure andtogether with the detailed description serve to explain the principlesof the disclosure. No attempt is made to show structural details of thedisclosure in more detail than may be necessary for a fundamentalunderstanding of the disclosure and the various ways in which it may bepracticed. In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an outer secondarypackaging of a beauty care system.

FIG. 2 is perspective view of an embodiment of an outer secondarypackaging and an inner primary packaging of a beauty care system.

FIG. 3 is a side view of an embodiment of an inner primary packaging ofa beauty care system.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of an embodiment of an inner primary packaging ofa beauty care system.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of an embodiment of an outer tertiarypackaging of a beauty care system.

The drawings are not to scale unless otherwise noted. The drawings arefor the purpose of illustrating aspects and embodiments of the presenttechnology and are not intended to limit the technology to those aspectsillustrated therein. Aspects and embodiments of the present technologycan be further understood with reference to the following detaileddescription.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Reference will now be made in detail to embodiments of the presentinvention, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanyingdescription. It is to be understood that other embodiments may beutilized and structural and functional changes may be made withoutdeparting from the respective scope of the invention. Moreover, featuresof the various embodiments may be combined or altered without departingfrom the scope of the invention. As such, the following description ispresented by way of illustration only and should not limit in any waythe various alternatives and modifications that may be made to theillustrated embodiments and still be within the spirit and scope of theinvention.

Accordingly, the examples and embodiments herein should not be construedas limiting the scope of the disclosure. Moreover, it is noted that likereference numerals represent similar parts throughout the several viewsof the drawings.

The terms “including”, “comprising” and variations thereof, as used inthis disclosure, mean “including, but not limited to”, unless expresslyspecified otherwise.

The terms “a”, “an”, and “the”, as used in this disclosure, means “oneor more”, unless expressly specified otherwise.

Although process steps, method steps, or the like, may be described in asequential order, such processes and methods may be configured to workin alternate orders. In other words, any sequence or order of steps thatmay be described does not necessarily indicate a requirement that thesteps be performed in that order. The steps of the processes or methodsdescribed herein may be performed in any order practical. Further, somesteps may be performed simultaneously.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a beauty care system too. The beauty caresystem too may be housed in a single unit container packaging 110 whichmay be in the form of a rectangular box, as shown in FIG. 1, or of othersuitable shape and size to contain its contents, including but notlimited to, a bag, a packet, a triangular container, a round container,or any other appropriate shape. Single unit container packaging, orsecondary packaging, no, as it may also be referred to herein anddiscussed further below, may be used to house various primary packaging120 that may directly house beauty care products.

As discussed above, the secondary packaging 110 may be any appropriatesize and dimensions. In an embodiment, the package may be a box with aheight of approximately 2 cm, approximately 3 cm, approximately 4 cm,approximately 5 cm, approximately 6 cm, approximately 7 cm,approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm, or approximately 10 cm. In anembodiment, the width of the secondary packaging 110 may beapproximately 2 cm, approximately 3 cm, approximately 4 cm,approximately 5 cm, approximately 6 cm, approximately 7 cm,approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm, or approximately 10 cm. In anembodiment, the length of the secondary packaging 110 may beapproximately 2 cm, approximately 3 cm, approximately 4 cm,approximately 5 cm, approximately 6 cm, approximately 7 cm,approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm, or approximately 10 cm.

As shown in FIG. 2, a secondary packaging 110 may have an opening 112 atleast one end to access primary packaging 120 within. The opening 112may be configured for one-time opening or may be resealable orrecloseable. The opening 112 may be resealable or recloseable by foldingor tucking a flap 114 a, 114 b, 114 c into a slot, folded into anotherflap, or through any other know means of opening and closing packagingknown in the art, including, but not limited to, a lid, a zipper, anadhesive, a twist-tie, a rubber band, a clip, a hook and loop, afastener, or any other appropriate fastening system. The secondarypackaging 110 may also be accessed by tearing apart an opening (notshown). The secondary packaging 110 may serve to display the variousprimary packaging 120 of beauty care products to potential customers andtechnicians by having a complete treatment on display. The secondarypackaging 110 may also include a tab or flap for hanging the beauty caresystem 100 for a point of sale or point of use display. The secondarypackaging 110 may be stackable or otherwise presentable in an attractiveand/or easily accessible manner for use in a salon or spa in view ofcustomers or in a storage area accessed by employees. It may also beable to be unfolded and flattened for easy storage and/or disposal.

The secondary packaging 110 may be fully or partially transparent orcompletely opaque depending on design choices on its outer surfaces 116a, 116 b, and 116 c. The secondary packaging 110 may further includedesigns, colors, labels, lettering, or be coded to identify the beautycare treatment contained within, or provide additional information orinstructions about the beauty care treatment to be provided inconjunction with the beauty care system 100. The coding may be a colorcoding, or a common insignia, graphic or marking to indicate a commonelement shared with by the primary packaging 120 or the contents of theprimary packaging.

As shown in FIG. 2, the single unit container packaging 110 may hold atleast one primary packaging 120 containing a beauty care product such asa soak, a scrub, a lotion, a mask, or the like, which may be referred toas primary packaging. While the primary packaging 120 containing abeauty care system 100 may be hidden from view by an opaque secondarypackaging 110, it may also be visible or partially visible through afully or partially transparent secondary packaging 110.

The primary packaging 120 may be machine or manually filled with beautycare product and sealed, which may block any outside air or contaminantsfrom being exposed to the product. The contents of the primary packagingmay thus be protected from becoming stale, contaminated, or losingquality or effectiveness due to exposure to the environment.

The primary packaging 120 may be formed in any shape desired such thatat least one primary packaging 120 may fit within the secondarypackaging 110. In an embodiment, the primary packaging 120 may beapproximately 2 ounce containers. In an embodiment, the primarypackaging 120 may be uniform in size or it may be formed to have a widerwidth near its lower half and a narrower width near its upper half ormay be formed to have a narrower width near its lower half and a widerwidth near its upper half. The primary packaging 120 may have a bottomportion 122 and a top portion 124. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the bottomportion 122 may be cup-shaped and include an internal portion and a rimforming an opening leading into the internal portion. In an embodiment,the primary packaging 120 may be designed to be free-standing if a userrested it on a surface during a beauty care treatment.

As discussed above, the primary packaging 120 may be any appropriatesize and dimensions. In an embodiment, the top portion may have adiameter of approximately 2 cm, approximately 3 cm, approximately 4 cm,approximately 5 cm, approximately 6 cm, approximately 7 cm,approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm, or approximately 10 cm. In anembodiment, the bottom edge of the bottom portion may have a diameter ofapproximately 2 cm, approximately 3 cm, approximately 4 cm,approximately 5 cm, approximately 6 cm, approximately 7 cm,approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm, or approximately 10 cm. Theheight of the entire primary packaging 120 may be approximately 1 cm,approximately 2 cm, approximately 3 cm, approximately 4 cm,approximately 5 cm, approximately 6 cm, approximately 7 cm,approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm, or approximately 10 cm. Theprimary packaging 120 may be angular and have a cuboid, rectangular,square, triangular, pentagonal, hexagonal, or any other appropriateshape. The primary packaging 120 may be stackable for easy storagepurposes.

The size and shape of the primary packaging 120 may allow for the userto easily remove all of the beauty care product from the packagingwithout difficult, e.g., having to use a spatula or leave the productresting upside down use gravity to move product. The size and shape maybe appropriate for a user to easily fit his or her hands, fingers ortools into the container. Further, the size and shape may allow for theproduct to easily pour from the primary packaging 120. This allows forthe user to utilize all of the product, saving time and money.

The bottom edge of the bottom portion 122 of the primary packaging 120may have a diameter of approximately 3.5 cm and the height of the entireprimary packaging may be approximately 4.5 cm.

In an embodiment, the top portion 124 of the primary packaging 120 mayhave a diameter of approximately 5 cm. The bottom edge of the bottomportion may have a diameter of approximately 3.5 cm. The height of theentire primary packaging 120 may be approximately 4.5 cm.

In an embodiment, the bottom portion 122 of the primary packaging 120,may be formed of any suitable material, including but not limited to,polymers, such as, e.g., polyester (PET), polypropylene (PP), poly vinylchloride (PVC), polystyrene (PS), poly lactic acid (PLA), orpolycarbonate (PC). In an embodiment, bottom portion 122 of the primarypackaging 120 may be formed from pulp based technologies, e.g., paper orcardboard or foils, recycled materials, biodegradable materials or anysuitable combination thereof. The bottom portion 122 of the primarypackaging 120 may be lined on its interior side with another material,e.g., a wax or polymer material to provide a water-resistant coating forits contents.

In an embodiment, the primary packaging 120 may include layered UVprotective and light resistant materials to allow for longer shelf lifeof material(s) inside the primary packaging 120.

In an embodiment, the bottom portion 122 of the primary packaging 120may be recyclable through a recycling program. The bottom portion 122 ofthe primary packaging 120 may also be washed out and reused by apersonal user, e.g., by using to hold other liquids or solid materials.A user may, for example, transport future portions of beauty careproducts in the primary packaging 120. A user may add soil and aseedling or plant to the primary packaging 120 and use as a planter. Auser may add a beverage or food item to the primary packaging 120 anduse as a dish. Once the top portion is removed, the primary packaging120 may be able to nest for space saving storage and/or disposalpurposes.

In an embodiment, the top portion 124 of the primary packaging 120, maybe formed of any suitable material, including but not limited to,plastic polymers, such as, e.g., polyester (PET), polypropylene (PP),poly vinyl chloride (PVC), polystyrene (PS), poly lactic acid (PLA),polycarbonate (PC), paper, cardboard, foil, recycled materials,biodegradable materials or any suitable combination thereof. In anembodiment, the top portion 124 of the primary packaging 120 may includelayered UV protective and light resistant materials to allow for longershelf life of material(s) inside the primary packaging 120. The topportion 124 may be sealed onto the bottom portion 122 by applying heat.Alternatively, the top portion 124 may be attached by any appropriatemeans, including, but not limited to, a threaded portion, adhesives,magnets, or the like. The top portion 124 may be removed by anyappropriate method, including but not limited to, peeling back bypulling on a tab, tearing, puncturing, unscrewing, or the like.

In an embodiment, primary packaging 120 may include a tab, slightgroove, slice, perforation, or notch 126 on a perimeter edge of its top124 which may be used to facilitate opening the primary packaging 120and accessing its contents by a user. In an embodiment, the notch 126may be on the top portion 124. The tab, slight groove, slice,perforation or notch 126 may partially penetrate or extend out from athin or substantially flat perimeter edge, and may allow a user to moreeasily unseal an inner portion of the primary packaging 120. Providing asealed primary packaging 120 having a notch 126 on a perimeter edge tofacilitate access to its single-service contents for a single use, mayallow for easier handling of a primary packaging 120 while preventingleaks during storage and transportation.

As illustrated in FIG. 3, the secondary packaging 110 may be in the formof a box. The primary packaging may be individual sized and may bedisposable and meant for one-time use. The single-serve primarypackaging 120 may be lidded cups filled with measured amounts of beautycare products sufficient for a single application. A single-serveprimary packaging 120 may allow a user or technician to apply aconsistent amount of product for each step and provide a standardizedbeauty care treatment for each user. Also a service provider may moreeasily track its inventory if each beauty care system 100 is a singletreatment. In an embodiment, the packaging 120 may provide sufficientproduct such that a technician may use the product for both a manicureand pedicure on the same client.

The beauty care treatment may be a single use system for providing amanicure or pedicure treatment or other beauty care treatment. Eachprimary packaging 120 that may be provided with the beauty caretreatment may contain a beauty care product that may be used to providemanicure, pedicure, or any other beauty care treatment. The beauty caretreatment may include multiple primary packaging 120 in the form ofsingle-serve packaging 120 provided collectively as a set. The set maybe housed in the secondary packaging 110 and packaged together to form amanicure or pedicure spa treatment. The beauty care products containedin the single-serve packaging 120 may be made of ingredients beneficialto the skin and may include products to aid in sanitizing, exfoliating,nourishing, hydrating and moisturizing the skin.

In an embodiment, the beauty care treatment may be provided for use inpedicure or manicure treatments, where the appropriate beauty careproducts are provided for whichever type of treatment is indicated. Forexample, different types of beauty care products may be more appropriatefor a hand treatment than for a foot treatment, although some beautycare products may be used with many beauty care treatments commonly usedin the industry. The primary packaging 120 may contain a single-servingof an indicated beauty care product to allow a user or technician toapply the beauty care product as a step as part of treatment.

Because the primary packaging 120 may contain a pre-measured amount ofan indicated beauty care product, a standardized application of productmay be possible. Also a service provider may be able to account for thenumber of treatments in its inventory or the precise number ofadditional treatments it may choose to buy.

Examples of the types of beauty care products included in the system 100may include, but are not limited to, scrubs, soaks, masks, lotions,oils, callus removers and moisturizers. This list is non-exhaustive andany beauty care products used in manicure or pedicure treatments, orapplicable beauty care treatment of the types provided in spas, salon,or used at home may be included in the system. The beauty care system100 may also be applied to any other spa, salon, or skin treatments,such as hair care services, facials, massages, waxings, makeupapplication, or the like through the inclusion of different beauty careproducts. For example, other beauty care products may include shampoos,conditioners, peels, waxes, aloe, hair masques, oils, makeup, cleansers,bubble baths, shower gels, shaving gels or creams, or hair stylingproducts among others. This disclosure is not limited with regard towhether a treatment is predominately beauty care related or skincarerelated.

In an embodiment, the beauty care system 100 may include at least twosteps in the treatment, and accordingly may comprise at least twoprimary packaging 120 of single-serve beauty care products. In variousembodiments, the beauty treatment 100 may be a “two step in one”treatment, a “three step in one” treatment, a “four step in one”treatment, a “five step in one” treatment, a “six step in one” treatmentthrough an “nth step in one” treatment.

In an embodiment, two included steps may be a scrub and a lotion. Inanother embodiment, additional steps may be a mask and soak. Furtheradditional steps, in yet other embodiments may include callus removersand moisturizers in four and five step systems, for example. The numberand order of the primary packaging 120 and the steps is not intended tobe limiting and the beauty care system 100 primary packaging 120 may beassembled inside the secondary packaging 110 in any order.

For purposes of this disclosure, the term scrub may also include variousknown exfoliators and abrasives, and may act on the skin eitherphysically or mechanically or provide a chemical scrub. Types of scrubsmay include salts, sugars, silica, microbeads baking soda, steric acid,and various other scrubs known in the art.

The term soak may be any appropriate bath composition, including, butnot limited to, oils, bubble baths, salts, soaps, or any otherappropriate bath soak.

The term lotion may be any appropriate composition, including, but notlimited to, moisturizers, creams, butters, emulsions, aloe and essentialoils. The lotion may be a massaging or hydrating lotion, among others.

Embodiments of sets of steps for a 3 in 1 beauty care system 100 mayinclude three primary packaging 120, for example, including one each ofa scrub, a mask, and a lotion or including three primary packaging 120,one each of a soak, a scrub, and a lotion. Embodiment of sets of stepsfor a 4 in 1 beauty care system 100 may include four primary packaging120, for example, including one each of a soak, a scrub, a mask, and alotion. Embodiments of sets of steps for a 6 in 1 beauty care system 100may include six primary packaging 120, for example, including a soak, ascrub, a mask, a lotion, a callus remover, and a moisturizer. Examplesof sets of steps for a 7 in 1 beauty care system 100 may include sevenprimary packaging 120, for example, including a soak, a scrub, a mask, alotion, a callus remover, a moisturizer, and a gel. The number of steps,the specific steps, and the order of the steps are not meant to belimiting, but are offered as examples of all in one, single serve,multi-step sets for a beauty care system 100. Further, the type ofbeauty care products included in each system is not unchangeable. Forexample, one client may need certain beauty care products for his or herpedicure than a second client. The system allows for flexibility byuser.

In an embodiment, each of the steps for multi-step sets for a beautytreatment 100 may share one or more common characteristics. A commoncharacteristic may be a scent, color or component, e.g., aloe. A commoncharacteristic may also be a common essence or natural extract. Eachprimary packaging 120 may be coded to indicate the commoncharacteristics. The coding may be a written description, a colorcoding, or an image or graphic on the primary packaging 120 to describethe common characteristic to a user or purchaser of the beauty caresystem 100. The coding may also be implemented on the secondarypackaging 110, or also on any tertiary packaging. The secondarypackaging 110 may also be at least partially transparent, which may makethe coding on the primary packaging 100 visible to a user or purchaser.A common scent, fragrance, or aroma may also provide an aroma therapytreatment. The aroma therapy benefit may extend to each step in thebeauty treatment 100 where a common characteristic may also be a commonessence or natural extract that may provide additional health, beautycare benefits to a user of the beauty care system 100.

As shown in FIG. 5, multi-unit packaging or tertiary packaging 130 mayalso be used for point of sale or point of use display and may also mayfurther designs, colors, labels, lettering, or be similarly coded toidentify the beauty treatment or to indicate a common element sharedwith by the secondary packaging 110, the primary packaging 120 or thecontents of the primary packaging or both.

The tertiary packaging 130 may be any suitable shape and size to containits contents, including but not limited to, a bag, a packet, atriangular container, a round container, or any other appropriate shape.The tertiary packaging 130 may be used to house various secondarypackaging 110 that may directly house beauty care products.

As discussed above, the tertiary packaging 130 may be any appropriatesize and dimensions. In an embodiment, the package may be a box with aheight of approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm, approximately 10 cm,approximately 11 cm, approximately 12 cm, approximately 13 cm,approximately 14 cm, approximately 15 cm, approximately 16 cm,approximately 17 cm, approximately 18 cm, approximately 19 cm, orapproximately 20 cm. In an embodiment, the width of the tertiarypackaging 130 may be approximately 5 cm, approximately 6 cm,approximately 7 cm, approximately 8 cm, approximately 9 cm,approximately 10 cm, approximately n cm, approximately 12 cm,approximately 13 cm, approximately 14 cm, or approximately 15 cm. In anembodiment, the length of the secondary packaging 110 may beapproximately 18 cm, approximately 19 cm, approximately 20 cm,approximately 21 cm, approximately 22 cm, approximately 23 cm,approximately 24 cm, or approximately 25 cm.

The tertiary packaging 130 may have an opening (not shown) at least oneend to access secondary packaging 110 within. The opening may beconfigured for one-time opening or may be resealable or recloseable. Theopening may be resealable or recloseable by folding or tucking a flapinto a slot, folded into another flap, or through any other know meansof opening and closing packaging known in the art, including, but notlimited to, a lid, a zipper, an adhesive, a twist-tie, a rubber band, aclip, a hook and loop, a fastener, or any other appropriate fasteningsystem. The tertiary packaging 130 may also be accessed by tearing apartan opening (not shown). The tertiary packaging 130 may serve to displaythe various primary packaging 120 of beauty care products to potentialcustomers and technicians by having a complete treatment on display. Thetertiary packaging 130 may also include a tab or flap for hanging thebeauty care system too for a point of sale or point of use display. Thesecondary packaging 110 may be stackable or otherwise presentable in anattractive and/or easily accessible manner for use in a salon or spa inview of customers or in a storage area accessed by employees. It mayalso be able to be unfolded and flattened for easy storage and/ordisposal.

The tertiary packaging 130 may be fully or partially transparent orcompletely opaque depending on design choices on its outer surfaces 132a and 132 b. The tertiary packaging 130 may further include designs,colors, labels, lettering, or be coded to identify the beauty caretreatment contained within, or provide additional information orinstructions about the beauty care treatment to be provided inconjunction with the beauty care system 100. The coding may be a colorcoding, or a common insignia, graphic or marking to indicate a commonelement shared with by the primary packaging 120 or secondary packaging110 or the contents of the primary packaging.

A beauty care treatment is a service provided to customers often offeredby spas, salons, and similar types of businesses. In embodiments of thebeauty care system 100 disclosed herein, the beauty and skin-careproducts used in that treatment 100 may be purchased, stored, displayed,sold and used as a single-use good or product, allowing a serviceprovided a new way to inventory the number of services or treatments ithas or is able to provide simply by accounting for the number of beautycare treatments 100.

When a primary packaging 120 is used as a part of the beauty caretreatment, it may be opened for the first and only time during aparticular treatment for a specific client. Thus, a service provider mayavoid the application of product that may have been previously incontact with the environment, another technician or client's hands,feet, or any other potential contaminants that may result from accessingproduct contained in multi-use or bulk packaging. The product will notcome into contact with water from a client's pedicure bath and then riskdissolving the concentration of the product for the next user. Thesealed and ultraviolet resistant primary packaging 120 may allow aservice provider to provide beauty care products may be more fresh,effective, aromatic, and sanitary than if found in packaging had beenpreviously opened or exposed to the environment. Furthermore, primarypackaging 120 allows for increased shelf life and stability of theproduct.

Further, the single-use primary packaging 120 prevents a serviceprovided from having to estimate how much product to scoop out of a bulkcontainer and add it to an intermediary bowl or tray. This is moreenvironmentally friendly as it eliminates additional waste and washingtime for reusable materials. This saves the salon time and money as thetechnicians can simply disregard the primary packaging 120 after use andbegin a next service. Additionally, the single-use primary packaging 120are more environmentally friendly as they are made from less materialthan competitive products, and therefore may take up less surface areaand shelf space in a salon. Furthermore, the single-use primarypackaging 120, as well as the secondary packaging 110 and tertiarypackaging 130 may be biodegradable, recyclable or any other appropriatematerial.

For salons or individual users (together “consumers”) purchasing thebeauty care system 100, the system 100 may be purchased as a four-partcomplete system 100 consisting of specific beauty care products in eachsystem 100. Alternatively, consumers can mix and match the individualitems and/or scents in a system 100. For example, a consumer canpurchase two beauty care products in one scent and two in a differentscent in the same system. A spa, for example, may offer a differentpedicure to a pregnant client and would use a system 100 without amassage lotion product. This mix and match system 100 allows consumersto restock certain popular scents or products without having to purchasethe entire system 100 of that product line.

Further, the system allows to better estimate number of manicure andpedicure sessions that can be completed with remaining products sinceusers often utilize different quantifies of product when pulled frombulk containers. Currently, salons may estimate that they have enoughproduct for “a week, a month, etc.” but not a specific number ofmanicure or pedicure services. Additionally, the users may have enoughof one product, e.g., lotion, but not enough scrub, which may require alast minute trip to the beauty supply store where a consumer would pay apremium for a last minute purchase which may or may not match the scentof the other remaining products. Through this system 100, consumers willhave an exact count of how many manicures and/or pedicure services maybe provided with the remaining product.

In addition to being used for manicure and pedicure services, the systemmay be used for other purposes. For example, the primary packaging 120may be used by individuals to easily transport beauty care products to ashared bathroom, e.g., taking single servings of shampoo, conditionerand shower gel to the gym locker room or a dormitory shower. Individualsealed primary packaging 120 are easy to transport in gym bags,suitcases, and shower caddies without fear of leakage or spilling ofproduct.

In addition to being easy to transport, the primary packaging 120 may beeasy to purchase a mix and match combination of beauty products. Forexample, a woman with long hair may purchase more hair care productsthan shower gels products. In another example, a user may purchase morelotion products in the dry winter seasons than in the summertime. Thesystem 100 allows for a user to mix and match their products based ontheir personal need at the time.

In an embodiment, a user may purchase single serve primary packaging 120of products that they do not use on an every day basis, e.g., a deepconditioning hair treatment that is used once a week or once a month.The primary packaging 120 allows for the user to have a fresh productevery time it is used without taking up valuable storage space in theshower, vanity or medicine cabinet of a user. By purchasing primarypackaging 120, a user may also save money because they only purchase asmuch product as they need, e.g., not large bottles of product that mayexpire before it is completely used. Alternatively, rather than pickingout individual primary packaging 120 containing specific beauty careproducts, a user may also purchase a combination kit for a specificpurpose, e.g., a pedicure kit, a hair care kit, etc. There isflexibility in the system for purchasing individual primary packaging120, multiple primary packaging 120, a kit of multiple primary packaging120 in a secondary packaging 110, and/or a wholesale kit of multiplesecondary packaging 110 each containing multiple primary packaging 120.

While the technology has been described with reference to variousexemplary embodiments, it will be appreciated that the modifications mayoccur to those skilled in the art, and the present application isintended to cover such modifications and invention as fall within thespirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:
 1. A beauty care systemcomprising: secondary packaging including a lid and at least one outersurface defining opening; and at least one primary packaging insert,wherein the at least one primary packaging insert is positioned in theopening of the secondary packaging and includes a beauty product.
 2. Thebeauty care system of claim 1, wherein the secondary packaging furtherincludes a lid operatively positionable over the opening.
 3. The beautycare system of claim 1, wherein the secondary packaging is recloseable.4. The beauty care system of claim 1, wherein the secondary packaging isat least partially transparent.
 5. The beauty care system of claim 1,wherein the primary packaging insert includes a bottom portion and a topportion.
 6. The beauty care system of claim 5, wherein at least aportion of the primary packaging insert is formed of a polymer.
 7. Thebeauty care system of claim 5, wherein at least a portion of the primarypackaging insert is formed of a UV protective or light resistantmaterial.
 8. The beauty care system of claim 1, wherein the primarypackaging insert includes a single-use amount of the beauty product. 9.The beauty care system of claim 1, wherein the beauty product includesone or more of a soak, scrub, exfoliator, chemical peel, lotion,essence, oil, toner, mask, or topical treatment.
 10. The beauty caresystem of claim 1 including at least two primary packaging inserts. 11.The beauty care system of claim 1, wherein the at least two primarypackaging inserts includes the same beauty product.
 12. The beauty caresystem of claim 1, wherein the at least two primary packaging insertsincludes different beauty products.
 13. The beauty care system of claim12, wherein the at least two primary packaging inserts include amulti-step system of beauty products.
 14. The beauty care system ofclaim 1, wherein the beauty care system is stackable.
 15. The beautycare system of claim 1, further comprising tertiary packaging thathouses at least one secondary packaging.
 16. A single-use beauty caresystem, comprising: a first enclosure comprising at least one wall and alid, wherein the first enclosure configured to receive plurality ofinserts and, wherein the plurality of inserts include a single-usebeauty product.
 17. The single-use beauty care system of claim 16,wherein the first enclosure is operatively openable to access to theplurality of inserts.
 18. The single-use beauty care system of claim 16,wherein at least a portion of the insert is formed of a polymer.
 19. Thesingle-use beauty care system of claim 16, wherein at least a portion ofthe insert is formed of a UV protective or light resistant material. 20.The single-use beauty care system of claim 16, wherein the beautyproduct includes one or more of a soak, scrub, exfoliator, chemicalpeel, lotion, essence, oil, toner, mask, or topical treatment.